# Shmuel Ben David - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T08:49:57.898Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 28
- Lots with prices: 26
- First auction date: 2019-09-22
- Latest auction date: 2023-11-13
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $90 to $2,200

## Market Takeaway
Shmuel Ben David has 28 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($220 to $500\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 88.5% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 11.5% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-11-13
- Days since latest sale: 899
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Pasarel: 22 lots
- Alma: 4 lots
- Kedem Public Auction House Ltd: 1 lots
- The Bidder: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2019-09-22 | Shmuel Ben David \( Betzalel\) \-Title pages for a Passover Haggadah \- two colorful sketches done by hand from the beginning f Betzalel | Alma | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-shmuel-ben-david-betzalel-title-pages-for-a-passover-haggadah-two-colorful-sketches-done-by-hand-from-the-beginning-f-betzalel-320-c-b4c4a729e9
2. 2019-09-22 | Shmuel Ben David \(Betzalel\) 1884\-1927. original sketch for certificate of appreciation for Emperor Karl Franz Joseph and his wife | Alma | $2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-shmuel-ben-david-betzalel-1884-1927-original-sketch-for-certificate-of-appreciation-for-emperor-karl-franz-joseph-and-his-wife-318-c-3684465b3e
3. 2023-11-13 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- BOY IN A WAGON DRAWN BY A GOAT, WATERCOLOR, PENCIL AND INK ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $100
4. 2023-07-25 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- BOY IN A WAGON DRAWN BY A GOAT, WATERCOLOR, PENCIL AND INK ON PAPER. | Pasarel | N/A
5. 2022-05-22 | Shmuel Ben David \(Betzalel\) Preparatory sketch for Passover Haggadah \- three colored sketches from the beginning of Betzalel. Original colored sketch | Alma | $275 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-shmuel-ben-david-betzalel-preparatory-sketch-for-passover-haggadah-three-colored-sketches-from-the-beginning-of-betzalel-original-colored-sketch-304-c-4154aa196d
6. 2021-12-21 | "Yehuda's Flowerbed, " Illustrated Children's Weekly Magazine – Lugansk, 1912 – Cover Design by Shmuel Ben David | Kedem Public Auction House Ltd | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yehuda-s-flowerbed-illustrated-children-s-weekly-magazine-lugansk-1912-cover-design-by-shmuel-ben-david-175-c-7314daba6e
7. 2021-10-27 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- PALESTINE WORKERS FUND SKETCH, PENCIL ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $240
8. 2021-10-27 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- OLD JEW, PENCIL ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $300
9. 2021-10-27 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- FIGURES AND CAMELS, WATERCOLOR AND INK ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $300
10. 2021-10-27 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- MENORAH, WATERCOLOR, PENCIL AND INK ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $240
11. 2021-06-23 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- ARTIST'S SKETCH BOOK WITH DOZENS OF DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $1,500
12. 2021-06-23 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- WOMAN PORTRAIT, OIL ON CANVAS. | Pasarel | $600
13. 2021-06-23 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- JEWISH FIGURE, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $280
14. 2021-06-23 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- FIGURE, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $220
15. 2021-06-23 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- LANDSCAPE, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $120
16. 2021-06-23 | SHMUEL BEN DAVID \(1884\-1927\) BEZALEL \- LITHOGRAPH DEPARTMENT LOGO SKETCH, PENCIL ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $420
17. 2021-02-23 | Shmuel Ben David \(1884\-1927\) Bezalel Esther Scroll, Judaica. | Pasarel | $750
18. 2021-02-23 | Shmuel Ben David \(1884\-1927\) Bezalel \- Enamel Brooch. | Pasarel | $300
19. 2021-02-23 | Shmuel Ben David \(1884\-1927\) Bezalel \- Enamel Brooch, Rachel. | Pasarel | $220
20. 2021-02-23 | Shmuel Ben David \(1884\-1927\) Bezalel \- Enamel Brooch, Cleopatra. | Pasarel | $90
21. 2021-02-23 | Shmuel Ben David \(1884\-1927\) Bezalel \- Enamel Brooch, Adam and Eve | Pasarel | $240
22. 2021-02-23 | Shmuel Ben David \(1884\-1927\) Bezalel \- Hookah Smoker, Embroidery and Application on Fabric. | Pasarel | $2,000
23. 2021-02-23 | Shmuel Ben David \(1884\-1927\) Bezalel \- Figures, Pastel on Paper. | Pasarel | $320
24. 2021-02-23 | Shmuel Ben David \(1884\-1927\) Bezalel \- Figures, Pastel on Paper. | Pasarel | $200

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